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Battery cell production begins at the Gigafactory

Tesla and Panasonic have begun mass producing lithium-ion battery cells at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Sparks Nevada. The high performance cylindrical 2170 cell, jointly designed and engineered by Te...

Trailblazing storage project leads the way to low-carbon future

A trial of the largest grid-scale battery in the UK has proved it can potentially transform the energy grid and play a key role in the move towards a low-carbon economy. Designed and run by Bedfordshi...

Five trends for the smart energy home of the future

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Spread over the acres of the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) floor space in Las Vegas, over half of the thousands of exhibitors were involved with the smart home. The smart home section was fil...

Potential effects of distributed solar on retail electricity prices

Concerns about the potential impacts of net-metered PV on retail electricity prices have led to an array of proposals to reform rate structures and net metering rules for solar customers. These propos...

“Beyond the Grid: The Connected Consumer and the Smart Energy Future”.

In 2016, the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) successfully completed many projects with the aim of improving our understanding of consumers in the changing energy marketplace and how to better...